This is a backport of a small part of commit: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=anaconda.git;a=commitdiff;h=1380f13f0dad0108b8ed6ac02e249f53fb43156b Which stops us from backtracing when we try to write a partitiontable to a write protected disk (for example a writeprotected sdcard). --- partedUtils.py | 11 ++++++++++- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/partedUtils.py b/partedUtils.py index 4b14329..0be98db 100644 --- a/partedUtils.py +++ b/partedUtils.py @@ -959,7 +959,16 @@ class DiskSet: def savePartitions (self): """Write the partition tables out to the disks.""" for disk in self.disks.values(): - disk.commit() + log.info("disk.commit() for %s" % (disk.dev.path,)) + try: + disk.commit() + except: + # if this fails, remove the disk so we don't use it later + # Basically if we get here, badness has happened and we want + # to prevent tracebacks from ruining the day any more. + del disk + continue + # FIXME: this belongs in parted itself, but let's do a hack... if iutil.isMactel() and disk.type.name == "gpt" and \ os.path.exists("/usr/sbin/gptsync"): -- 1.6.2.2 _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list